Its some really tough times out there guys... Sendin allll kindsa positive thoughts your way.
I may have a bit of a scare comin my way... While i am really conflicted by it... Alot is riding on what happens with GM for me. Woody Sent from iPhone On Feb 27, 2009, at 1:06 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everybody for the encouraging words (although, working for a > company that makes IT software....uffff...guess just need to ride it > out for now!). > > I think for a quarter, I am going to not contribute to 401K (I am > sure Jay sez NO!)...company match has been suspended too. Will just > wait and watch. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Jerry Belloit > <[email protected]> wrote: > Jnene, Randy, Badrish, and others who have been hit hard by these > troubling economic times, > > > > I am really sorry to hear about your difficulties. Jnene, I was > envious about your husband’s job at the Union. I had thought about > doing something like that when I retire. No raises for that long ha > s to be stressing the family budget. Badrish, that is a big pay cut > , but I guess the alternative might be Randy’s situation. Someone t > old me recently that companies were cutting back on their IT but I d > id not believe it. I guess I was wrong. > > > > I serve a the treasurer for a multiple county community foundation > where we manage a significant amount of money. Today I had a > meeting of the investment committee and we met with our three > different account managers. It was not pretty. I had anticipated > the bad news in our equity portfolio, but some of the fixed has > experienced losses as well. I could not imagine A bond portfolios > losing money, but there were some companies that went bankrupt and > some barely on life support (AIG).. Go figure. I thought thing > were horrible until I realized that they were reporting on December > 31 year end totals. Since then we have probably lost another 7-9%. > Unfortunately, there will be a lot less scholarships awarded this > year. > > > > There was a consensus from all three experts (perhaps I should say > so called experts since they did not adequately hedge protect the > portfolio) that the market should level out at the end of the first > quarter with the economy showing positive GNP growth by the third > quarter. I pray they are correct. > > > > By the way, for those of you who have fled the equity market and are > holding bonds, I instructed our fund managers to shorten the average > maturities of the fixed markets to target no more than two – three y > ears. I am very worried that our national debt will come home to ro > ost and we could see some significant inflation in 2-3 years. If I > am correct, the bond market will be hit hard. > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:51 PM > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida > lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes > > > > Ouch! My pay has been frozen for 3 years. The husband's has been > frozen for 2 years. This too shall pass... > > On Thu 26/02/09 6:39 PM , "[email protected]" [email protected] > sent: > > Me too...we just took a 20% pay cut...across the company. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Me too. I’m going to run 20 miles on Sunday. > > > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Halo Realty, LLC > > 700 E. Main St. > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > > [email protected] > > office: 615-822-3509 > > fax: 615-822-7741 > > mobile: 615-972-4239 > > ---,==,< > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jay Cicone > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida > lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes > > > > I’m really looking forward to sculling this weekend. I need a break. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida > lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes > > > > DARN, Jay! I can't wait that long........ We've been waiting to > hear about the F$U sanctions for..... well.... I can't remember, > but I'm sure it's been a LONG time. :-) > > > > > > -------------- Original message from "Jay Cicone" : -------------- > > It’s imminent. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:16 PM > To: [email protected]; Gatortalk > Cc: Oliver Barry > Subject: Re: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida > lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes > > > > No NEW word on the Gainesville Sun's website about it. > > > > Shane > > > > GO GATORS!! > > > > -------------- Original message from "Oliver Barry" <[email protected] > >: -------------- > > According to Gatorcountry the charges were supposed to be dropped in > court yesterday. I don't know if that's what happened because I > haven't been near a computer yet today to find out. > Oliver > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Alexander <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:45 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing > accusation of multiple date rapes > > I really don't understand how someone would be date-raped three > times. Isn't > a date-rape that you voluntarily went on a date with someone and > then were > raped by the person you were on a date with? So, after that > happened, she > went out on another date with the same guy who had raped her on the > first > date? Why would any woman do that? And then, after being raped again > on the > second date, she went out yet a third time with a guy who had raped > her > twice before? That would be stupid beyond belief. > > > > Rob > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of John Vega > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing > accusation of multiple date rapes > > > > > > On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Steve McKibben wrote: > > > > > > > Remember that he is being accused, but has not been charged - nor > has the > girl even pressed charges on the alleged date rapes. > > The hearing is a civil matter on whether or not to continue a > restraining > order she had taken out on him. > > I'd say typical spin from a poodle paper, but our local rag has been > almost > as sensational, and just as misleading with their headlines. > > > > I'm not sure where I read this, but I recall that the restraining > order was > asked for months after their relationship had ended and in response to > Johnson dating another woman. > > > > While that does not invalidate the allegations, it sure makes me > skeptical. > > > > I'm also a little puzzled as to the likelihood of a woman being > susceptible > to date rape on three separate occasions. > > > > I'd wager that Johnson comes out looking pretty good once all the > facts are > known. > > > > -Zeb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > </HTML > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
